Artist
Jesús Rafael Soto(Venezuelan, 1923–2005)Venezuelan, 1923–2005
CultureVenezuelan
Titles
- Sin Título (Vibration)
Date1960
MediumMetal, madera y pintura
DimensionsOverall: 27 9/16 × 98 13/16 × 11 13/16 in. (70 × 251 × 30 cm)
Credit LineFundación Privada Allegro Collection, museum purchase funded by the Caroline Wiess Law Accessions Endowment
Object number2021.354
Current Location
The Nancy and Rich Kinder Building
Gallery 102
Exposé
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Department
Latin American ArtObject Type
The work is accompanied by a certificate of authenticity (Fig. 13).
Exhibition HistoryJesús Rafael Soto: Visione in movimento, Museo Tamayo Arte Contemporáneo, Mexico, 10 Nov 2005- 30 Abr 2006, Fundacion Proa, Buenos Aires, 13 Jun-17 Sept 2006, GAMeC, Bergamo, 13 Oct 2006-25 Feb 2007
Soto: Paris and Beyond, 1950-1970, Grey Art Gallery at New York University, Jan 10-March 31, 2012
Contesting Modernity: Informalism in Venezuela, 1955-1975, The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, October 26, 2018 - January 27, 2019
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
The work is signed on the verso bottom, just left of center: Soto, 1960 (Fig. 8).
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